Boston University Commencement 2024: Sights & Sounds
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After a morning marked by a cold drizzle, the rain abated as approximately 3,700 members of the BU Class of 2024 marched onto Nickerson Field for Boston University’s 151st Commencement, where they were cheered by an estimated 20,000 family members and friends.
BU alum David Grann, the best-selling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, delivered the Commencement address. Other honorary degree recipients were:
- Rev. Walter E. Fluker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership at BU and the current Distinguished Professor of the Howard Thurman Center at Hartford International University for Religion & Peace;
- Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in economics;
- Kenneth Feld (Questrom’70), former trustee and chair of Boston University’s Board of Trustees and chair and CEO of Feld Entertainment
Immediately following Grann’s address, about 100 graduates, led by members of the BU chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, walked off Nickerson and joined approximately 100 members of the BU Graduate Workers Union, who were picketing outside of the field. BUGWU has been on strike since March 25, advocating for increased stipends and better benefits, among other issues.
The All-University Commencement ceremony was presided over by , who has served as ad interim president since Robert A. Brown retired in July 2023. Melissa L. Gilliam will become the University’s 11th president beginning July 1.
In his concluding remarks, Kenneth Freeman, who has served as ad interim president since Robert A. Brown retired in July 2023, reminded the 7,649 members of the Class of 2024: “On your shoulders rests the enormous responsibility for guiding our nation and the world, and for addressing the substantial challenges we face. You are the future for this University, for this country, and for humanity.” He then urged the graduates: “Go into the world and make it a better place for all of us and for all future generations.”
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0:00 Members of the BU Class of 2024 on Nickerson Field during Boston University's 2024 Commencement
0:11 Student speaker, Michael Arellano, delivers his speech at Boston University's 2024 Commencement
0:58 Kenneth Feld receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at BU's 2024 Commencement
1:32 Walter E. Fluker receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at BU's 2024 Commencement
2:11 Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at BU's 2024 Commencement
2:57 Author David Grann receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at BU's 2024 Commencement
3:36 Highlights of David Grann's speech at Boston University's 2024 all-university commencement
4:45 BU Class of 2024 celebrates their graduation on Nickerson Field
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